This time I start with
another highly anticipated one – The Counselor.

A thriller, The Counselor stars Michael
Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Cameron Diaz, Penelope Cruz, and Javier
Bardem. Based on an original screenplay by author Cormac McCarthy (No Country
for Old Men, The Road, Blood Meridian), the film is directed
by Ridley Scott.

Though this teaser is just a very
brief look at the film, it is pretty safe to safe it has the potential to be
quite great – sexy, crazy, and violent. Exactly what you would expect from this
cast, plus Scott and McCarthy,

The Counselor hits theaters October
25.

Every year, countless
coming-of-age films flood the market (many of which are indie flicks that
emerge from Sundance). Some standout, some don’t. Poised to be one of this year’s
standouts in the genre is The Spectacular Now.

Despite the fairly clichéd plot,
the movie does look good and it got great reviews out of the previously
mentioned Sundance, especially for its young lead performances. The film stars
Shailene Woodley, Miles Teller, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Brie Larson, Jennifer
Jason Leigh, Kyle Chandler, and Bob Odenkirk.

The Spectacular Now is due in theaters August 9.

Next up is the second trailer for
Prince
Avalance, another buzzing indie film that I really want to see.

The movie looks quite funny and
endearing, in that indie-movie-kind-of-way. The film got great buzz coming out
of its debut at South By Southwest earlier this year.

Drinking Buddies comes to theaters later this month on July 25.

Keep reading for more trailers,
including Disney’s Frozen, The Mortal Instruments, the Steve Jobs biopic, Lovelace, and many more.

This year’s big new animated
Disney movie (not Pixar, mind you) is Frozen, an epic journey to save a
kingdom trapped in an eternal winter.

Frozen features the voices of Kristen
Bell, Jonathan Groff, Idina Menzel, Josh Gad,
and Alan Tudyk. The film is directed
by Chris Buck (Disney’s Tarzan, Surf’s Up) and Jennifer Lee
(who also wrote this film and Wreck-It
Ralph).

Frozen hits theaters during the holiday rush, November 27.

Even before (and likely because) Ashton Kutcher was cast in
the Steve Jobs biopic, Jobs, many people pointed out the
actor’s similar appearance to a young Jobs. So it was no surprise he was immediately cast when a movie based on the Apple innovator's life quickly went into production.

The film got pretty mixed reviews out of Sundance, and to be
honest looks a lot like a movie-of-the-week-type entertainment. You can check
it out for yourself in theaters August
16.

Next up is another biopic – Lovelace,
the story of notorious adult film Linda
Lovelace (Deep Throat), who is used and abused by the porn industry at the behest of her
coercive husband, before taking control of her life.

Another film that got mostly
mixed reviews out of Sundance, Lovelace
hits theaters August 9.

Next we have another animated film – Free Birds,
about two turkeys from opposite sides of the tracks must put aside their
differences and team up to travel back in time to change the course of history
- and get turkey off the holiday menu for good.

Free Birds
features the voices of Owen Wilson, Woody Harrelson, and Amy Poehler. Appropriately, the film
lands in theaters just before Thanksgiving – November 1.

Watch out Liam Neeson. Hugh Jackman is looking to replace you in the father-seeking- vengeance-for-his-kidnapped-daughter sub-genre. Prisoners is about a Boston man who kidnaps the person he suspects is behind the disappearance of his young daughter and her best friend.

Despite the somewhat obvious comparisons to Taken, Prisoners looks much more like a family and psychological drama than an action film. And it actually looks pretty good boasting a highly impressive cast, including Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Paul Dano, Maria Bello, Viola Davis, Terrence Howard, and Melissa Leo. Prisoners comes to theater September 20.

Then we have Breathe In, a new indie drama from
director Drake Doremus (Like Crazy). When a foreign exchange
student arrives in a small upstate New York town, she challenges the dynamics
of her host family's relationships and alters their lives forever.

Finally, we have the new red band trailer for I
Give it a Year, a hilarious looking new British romantic-comedy about a
newlywed couple.

I Give it a Year
stars Rose Byrne, Rafe Spall, Minnie Driver, Jason Flemyng,
Simon Baker, Stephen Merchant, and Anna
Farris. The film has already gotten great reviews in Britain and comes to U.S. theaters August 9.

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We'll see if Kutcher has the chops ( not know for his acting chops- and no I don't love him in Two And A Half Men)...but anything is better than the newest Disney Disater- Deep needs to fire anyone who advises him - by the looks of it no one does.